Tuesday, March 4, 2008

these are the comics that might as well have been replaced with a photo of Randall looking earnest and saying "won't someone love me? I am such a wonderful person." They're preachy, they're annoying, and they really need to stop. This is what live journal is for, and everyone hates live journal.

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The problem with this section is that 322 is actually funny, and 471 seems like he was just noticing something interesting, rather than being preachy. However, the way the comic is going these days, you'll probably have lots of them to fill up this list.

I definitely think 385 should count. Sure, it's funny and doesn't seem to be trying for preachiness, but it's whole point is that it's an affront against sexism. it seems like a classic "oh, I understand what women go through" comic. I think he's done a few of those, actually. Anyway, yes it should count.

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Welcome. This is a website called XKCD SUCKS which is about the webcomic xkcd and why we think it sucks. My name is Carl and I used to write about it all the time, then I stopped because I went insane, and now other people write about it all the time. I forget their names. The posts still seem to be coming regularly, but many of the structural elements - like all the stuff in this lefthand pane - are a bit outdated. What can I say? Insane, etc.

I started this site because it had been clear to me for a while that xkcd is no longer a great webcomic (though it once was). Alas, many of its fans are too caught up in the faux-nerd culture that xkcd is a part of, and can't bring themselves to admit that the comic, at this point, is terrible. While I still like a new comic on occasion, I feel that more and more of them need the Iron Finger of Mockery knowingly pointed at them. This used to be called "XKCD: Overrated", but then it fell from just being overrated to being just horrible. Thus, xkcd sucks.

Here is a comic about me that Ann made. It is my favorite thing in the world.

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